In this course you will learn how to apply concepts from interaction design and human computer interaction in order to design and build an interactive, professional looking website. You will learn how to make your web page designs adapt to different screen sizes using responsive grid layouts. You will learn how to add navigation and other design elements, and you will learn how to separate data and display using JavaScript objects and templates.
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
1. Explain why users need to know where they are, where they can go and what is on a web page
2. Create wireframe mockups of web pages
3. Identify the key functional elements of web pages
4. Use Bootstrap components to realise page designs
5. Use JavaScript data structures such as arrays and objects to define the data used in a web page
6. Use the Handlebars template library to convert data to HTML
7. Add interactivity to templates using JavaScript event listeners
In this course, you will complete:
1 website design assignment taking ~1 hour to complete
1 programming assignment taking ~1 hour to complete
4 quizzes, each taking ~20 minutes to complete
multiple practice quizzes, each taking ~5 minutes to complete
Participation in or completion of this online course will not confer academic credit for University of London programmes

From the lesson

Web design principles

Welcome to the first module of 'Responsive Web Design'. By the end of this module you will be able to understand the basic concepts of usability and user experience and tell the user where they can go with navbars. In addition you will be able to tell the user what is here with effective layout and understand the high level requirements of creating an accessible website. We hope you enjoy the module!